I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
TOM WAITSI was always laughing in church.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.
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You know, we just buy music now. We don’t make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think it’s so important that people develop and subscribe to and have confidence in their own ability to make music, however rough it is.
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Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don’t care if they lose it; they’ll just make another one.
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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My wife called me a mule. She once said, “I didn’t marry a man; I married a mule!” I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.
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Arithmetic arithmetock Turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here Are tangled up around the pier.
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
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